Nine months on a cruise and experiences in Nicaragua (1912) (14595857129)

Identifier: ninemonthsoncrui00rich (find matches)
Title: Nine months on a cruise and experiences in Nicaragua
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Richmond, William E
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: San Diego, Pub. on board the U.S. S. California
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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glorious snow-clad peakof Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan, may be seen fromhere in clear weather, and a fine view is obtained of the city atyour feet. A cup of tea, a glass of wine, or other light refresh-ments will be served here if requested, and one is always con-tented to sit awhile and rest after the steep climb before start-ing on the return. Many of the celebrated people of the worldhave climbed these steps before us, of whom the first stranger todo so was our own Commodore Perry. Fujita is open frommorning until 11:30 p. m., and the gentle O Uchi San, madefamous in song by Lieutenant Bostwick, U. S. N., gracefullypresides over the house; providing Japanese dinners, music, anddancing of geisha, for those who wish them. O Uchi San, whowas a dainty little maiden when Lieutenant Bostwick wrote hissong, is now a charming matron who has seen perhaps somethirty summers, and she causes one to feel that he is an hon-ored guest, as she graciously calls his attention to the record
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Daibutsu JAPAN 83 books extending back for many years and containing thousandsof cards of famous people; or quaintly describes the other ob-jects of historical interest with which her rooms are decorated.Among the cards in those record books are to be found hun-dreds written by our naval officers, and many of those who wrotethem, now live only in our memories. In the summer of 1881 aJapanese circus man and his daughter rode up the HundredSteps on horseback, and the father rode down standing on hishead on the horse and holding an open fan in his toes! The Japanese either cremate their dead, or bury themvery deeply in the ground. In a cemetery, the tombs are veryclose to one another. This is because most of the dead are in-terred in the sitting posture and consequently the coffin is about28 inches square and four feet high, or perhaps a large tub ofabout the same dimensions is used. For seven weeks afterburial the children and other relatives visit every day the newgrave which is decora